Don Lemon is not shedding sleep over Elon Musk‘s affect on President-elect Donald Trump … although, he does suppose folks ought to be involved about billionaires’ management of the media.

We caught up with the newsman at LAX a day earlier than he introduced his choice to exit Musk’s social media website … and he shared his 2 cents on the Tesla CEO’s shut relationship with the soon-to-be forty seventh President of the USA.

As Lemon put it … Trump’s win would not heighten Musk’s influence, because the businessman already had an enormous attain given his internet value and sources. Lemon is uncertain Musk would step into an official function in Trump’s administration, theorizing the tech magnate would observe within the footsteps of billionaires earlier than him … influencing the prez from behind the scenes.

He continued … “We have all the time had wealthy individuals who’ve had enormous affect over our nation, particularly our media. Have a look at Howard Hughes and others. Historical past repeats itself.”

Nonetheless, Lemon’s evaluation of the state of affairs could also be a bit off the mark … as Trump has introduced he is appointing Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to steer what he is calling the Division Of Authorities Effectivity, a corporation that does not exist but — and no additional particulars have been launched.

Lemon, who famously feuded with Musk over his canceled present on X, departed the platform over claims the location was not a spot for “trustworthy debate.”